Ten Million-dollar Plan: Measures to Dredge at Woosung Nanking, Apr. 12.
The organization of a permanent special committee to attend to the carrying out of the proposed Gredging of the Whangpoo River Woosung was decided upon at special meeting of representatives of the Committee for the Reorganization of Commercial pal Harbour Dredging Bureau, the Kiangeu Provincial Department of Reconstruction, and the Taihu Lake Conservancy Board, hold yesterday under the auspices of the National Reconstruction Commission, The proposed Committee, which will also be entrusted with the task of raising and controlling the: necessary funds for the project, will be "composed of 11 members, tone each from the National Reconstruction Commission, River Conservancy Department' of the' above Commission, Ministry ance, Committee for the Re-Commercial 1 tions in Shanghai, Woosung Harbour Dredging "Bureau, Taihu Conservancy Board, Kiangsu Pro-Department" of Reconstruc-Kiangsu Provincial Depart ment of Finance, Shanghai Special Municipal Harbour Affairs Buren, and the Bureau of Finance of Shanghai Special Municipality regulations—govern a functions ut Proposed tee is now icing ah fred ty the National Re- [Vi construction Commission, veys of the entire course of the Yanxtee River having been completed By the Yangtze River Beard, a comprehen-dredging and other to the river ix being formulated for submission to. the: Executive Yuan. The total east the improvements has. be at $10,000,000 fect that much of the—proposed will be done to. the part of the river through Hupeh Province, the Conservancy Board is, now conferring with the Hupei Government in regard to the raising wf funds—Kuo Min, the unsanitary coning in the beggar: places where straw and bamboo huts have been erected, the City Government of Greater Shanghai is proposing to erect more cheap houses for the accommodation of the occupants vot these places shortly and to let them at minimum als, The Barean of Public toty. in reporting that there are seine 20,000 hats in the Municipalfty, draws attention to the constant, danger of fire and spread of contageous disease from these places sent form Tahoo date back to 1870. Every form of native animal, fish, anil bird life is represented. There isa case of butterflies and many.
of Beside the there objects of native historical interest sich "ax 'a Chinese Buddhist's hats from Soochow Island, chain pump for irviga: tion, div sticks, edible bird's nest, and clay tablets with hoiroglyphics. Upon the case of every class of animal or shell of skeleton there is pasted a detailed description and history which makes the specimen not only. interesting bout of immense educational value to in particular, The library fand the museum. of the Reval Asiatic Society are without question the most valuable source of information to the echoolchildren end students of Shanghai build a five-storey" bull is proposed by, the funds cane obtained. lat of land is x0 small they mus! fo skyward, Part of the building Sill be let outs 'The Society. will keep "for its own' uses enough space fora museum, a Tectare hall, a ibvary, an. auditorium, an art' gallery, trid a large storage oom' for" pamphlets, documents, velomes, and historical - objects, The addition of an art gallery will malta long felt need in Shanghai.
present there ig 0. hall jory here which can do justice seme of the really splendid art exhibite "ith which Shanghai is regaled,
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